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When Michelle Golberg steps out for this year's Walk MS, she won't be alone. The MS Dream Team, two dozen family and friends of her mother and cousin, both of whom have multiple sclerosis, will accompany her. Golberg believes the effort made and the money raised benefits research on MS, if not to find a cure for the disease of the central nervous system, then to come up with treatment options that ameliorate the often debilitating symptoms. "Both sides of the family are involved. It's great to have so many people coming together, to walk with me," said Golberg, 30, a Timonium resident, married to Billy Golberg. She has walked in MS benefits for the last nine...

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